請依下文回答第41題至第45題: “Somebody must have made a false accusation against Josef K., for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.” As in Kafka’s long story Metamorphosis—which begins with the line “Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams to find himself __41__ in hisbedinto a gigantic insect”—the entire narrative of The Trial emerges fromthe condition that announces itself in the opening sentence. The protagonist, Josef K., never discovers what he is being __42__ , and is never able to understand the principles governing the system of justice in which he finds himself ensnared. Instead, the narrative follows his exhausting determination to understand and to __43__ his innocence in the complete absence of any doctrine that would explain to him what it would mean to be __44__ , or indeed, of what he actually stands accused. In following Josef K.’s struggle toward __45__ , the novel presents us with an astonishingly moving account of what it is to be born naked and defenseless into a completely incomprehensible system, armed only with a devout conviction of innocence.
請依下文回答第46題至第50題: Guide dogs are service or assistance dogs trained specifically to help people with a visual impairment navigate around. Apart from helping people navigate, they are a companion and provide a sense of freedom to the visually impaired. We all might have seen a guide dog with a person, but do we know how they help the visually impaired person or handler? Do we know the intensity of training and what it takes to be a guide dog? Here are a couple of things you probably didn’t know about guide dogs. First, not every dog is cut out to be a guide dog. They are carefully chosen for breeding with the sole purpose to train them to be a guide dog. Most of the guide dogs originate from a carefully planned breeding program. Enormous focus is given to the physical health and characteristics like intelligence, good temperament, stability and willingness to work. It is a known fact that when puppies are screened, only about 70% make the cut. In addition, the training period for a guide dog from the time of its birth is anywhere between 15-18 months. They go through two different stages in their training. The first stage is when the puppies spend about a year in a specific
volunteer’s household. They learn to abide by some guidelines and are exposed to different people, sounds, situations,places like railway stations, shops, traffic areas as a part of their training. They’re exposed to a fun and unique training.On the second stage, the dogs receive a formal training at a training center by professionals. This training lasts for about 5-6 months. The dogs are assessed at regular intervals and continuously monitored for progress.
According to this passage, which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “make the cut”?